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prenatal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal English prenatal From pre- + natal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Being or happening before birth.
    • Holonym: perinatal
    • prenatal care
    • prenatal exposure
    • prenatal vitamins
    • If you check the fitnessy corners of Instagram, prenatal workouts are intense and impressive AF. 2017 April 26, Sarah Jacoby, “How 11 Women Changed Their Workout Routines While Pregnant”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2023:
    • At 9 months, the researchers found deficits in motor function in infants with prenatal exposure to naled. 2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:

Coordinates

postnatal · natal

Deriveds

prenatally

Relateds

fetal · embryonic · embryonal · intrauterine

Synonyms

antenatal

Translations (28)

it prenatale (being or happening before birth) · ca prenatal (being or happening before birth) · bg предшестващ раждането (being or happening before birth) · mi pirikōpū (being or happening before birth) · ro de până la naștere (being or happening before birth) · pl przedurodzeniowy (being or happening before birth) · sq paralindje (being or happening before birth) · ro prenatal (being or happening before birth) · cmn 產前 /产前 (being or happening before birth) · kmr pêşzayînê (being or happening before birth) · ka ანტენატალური (being or happening before birth) · pl prenatalny (being or happening before birth) · pl przedporodowy (being or happening before birth) · pt pré-natal (being or happening before birth) · yue 產前 /产前 (being or happening before birth) · nan-hbl 產前 /产前 (being or happening before birth) · it antenatale (being or happening before birth) · es prenatal (being or happening before birth) · de pränatal (being or happening before birth) · cs prenatální (being or happening before birth) · de präpartal (being or happening before birth) · fi prenataali (being or happening before birth) · fi syntymää edeltävä (being or happening before birth) · fi prenataalinen (being or happening before birth) · ka პრენატალური (being or happening before birth) · hak 產前 /产前 (being or happening before birth) · fr prénatal (being or happening before birth) · ka დაბადებამდელი (being or happening before birth)

prenatal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal English prenatal From pre- + natal.

Meanings

  1. A person who is expecting to give birth.
  2. A dietary supplement to be taken by somebody expecting to give birth.
    • She was recommended a course of zinc prenatals.

Forms

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